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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

GHANA

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

1960

67.8

74.0

70.8

11

7

10

44.4

47.3

45.8

118

114

117

1970

67.8

74.4

71.0

22

17

19

47.8

50.7

49.2

124

124

125

1980

70.9

78.0

74.3

14

9

10

51.6

54.5

53.0

132

134

133

1990

74.0

80.2

77.0

8

8

5

55.7

58.1

56.9

138

142

141

2000

76.7

82.2

79.5

6

6

5

55.9

58.6

57.2

144

146

147

2010

79.6

84.1

81.9

4

7

5

59.6

62.2

60.9

147

149

150

2015

80.9

84.8

82.8

3

7

4

61.0

63.9

62.4

149

155

153

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

GHANA

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

M

F

Male

Female

M

F

At Birth

80.9

84.8

3

7

61.0

63.9

149

155

Age 5

81.3

85.1

3

7

65.3

67.7

153

157

Age 10

81.3

85.1

3

7

66.1

68.5

151

156

Age 15

81.3

85.1

3

7

66.6

69.0

151

157

Age 20

81.5

85.2

3

7

67.3

69.5

145

156

Age 25

81.6

85.3

3

7

68.2

70.2

143

157

Age 30

81.8

85.4

3

7

69.0

70.9

144

157

Age 35

82.0

85.5

3

7

69.9

71.7

143

158

Age 40

82.2

85.6

3

7

70.8

72.5

144

158

Age 45

82.5

85.8

1

7

71.7

73.4

142

162

Age 50

82.9

86.1

1

7

72.8

74.3

151

166

Age 55

83.4

86.4

1

7

74.0

75.3

154

171

Age 60

84.0

86.8

1

7

75.4

76.4

159

173

Age 65

84.8

87.4

1

7

77.1

77.8

166

175

Age 70

85.8

88.1

1

7

79.1

79.6

172

175

Age 75

87.2

89.1

4

10

81.6

81.9

175

175

Age 80

89.0

90.4

7

14

84.6

84.8

175

178

Age 85

91.4

92.2

16

21

88.2

88.4

176

177

Age 90

94.3

94.9

26

35

92.3

92.5

175

175

Age 95

98.0

98.2

48

52

96.8

97.0

175

175

Age 100

102.1

102.2

65

67

101.5

101.6

174

175

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

GHANA

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Coronary Heart Disease

54.89

147

96.73

75

2.

Stroke

27.41

162

149.38

24

3.

Alzheimers/Dementia

25.91

12

3.56

71

4.

Lung Cancers

22.62

46

2.27

143

5.

Prostate Cancer

20.14

60

15.84

94

6.

Breast Cancer

18.33

67

12.01

121

7.

Lung Disease

14.93

118

15.53

111

8.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

12.45

52

3.54

147

9.

Diabetes Mellitus

11.05

139

36.81

60

10.

Suicide

10.65

63

2.97

152

11.

Lymphomas

6.96

31

3.76

112

12.

Kidney Disease

6.90

136

15.74

74

13.

Pancreas Cancer

6.77

46

1.32

135

14.

Skin Cancers

6.52

2

1.21

118

15.

Endocrine Disorders

6.07

85

14.41

28

16.

Influenza and Pneumonia

5.74

167

127.53

31

17.

Road Traffic Accidents

5.67

152

24.60

38

18.

Ovary Cancer

5.18

62

3.33

123

19.

Leukemia

5.09

29

1.05

161

20.

Falls

5.02

94

14.32

21

21.

Other Injuries

5.01

150

13.87

71

22.

Hypertension

4.67

160

20.93

50

23.

Liver Cancer

4.35

108

12.61

23

24.

Inflammatory/Heart

4.00

134

12.21

36

25.

Oesophagus Cancer

3.85

57

0.48

168

26.

Liver Disease

3.68

164

33.79

19

27.

Congenital Anomalies

3.54

148

10.66

34

28.

Stomach Cancer

3.41

133

2.91

143

29.

Parkinson's Disease

3.36

26

3.16

38

30.

Drug Use

3.32

28

0.85

98

31.

Bladder Cancer

3.04

57

1.54

108

32.

Other Neoplasms

2.64

85

2.22

111

33.

Oral Cancer

2.46

102

2.50

98

34.

Cervical Cancer

1.99

154

20.71

27

35.

Low Birth Weight

1.92

150

19.23

36

36.

Uterin Cancer

1.85

93

1.19

128

37.

Alcohol

1.43

66

0.11

135

38.

Asthma

1.18

132

7.53

68

39.

Poisonings

1.16

93

2.08

63

40.

Violence

1.15

145

5.53

86

41.

Skin Disease

1.13

105

3.62

53

42.

Epilepsy

1.10

127

11.36

18

43.

Birth Trauma

1.01

133

17.73

33

44.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

1.00

136

5.03

74

45.

Drownings

0.90

152

4.80

72

46.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

0.73

157

9.55

24

47.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

0.50

93

2.35

23

48.

Multiple Sclerosis

0.49

36

0.22

91

49.

Fires

0.48

149

4.98

53

50.

Diarrhoeal diseases

0.32

158

29.83

45

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

AUSTRALIA

GHANA

Deaths

%

Deaths

%

1.

Coronary Heart Disease

21,339

18.06

12,125

6.48

2.

Stroke

10,985

9.30

18,258

9.75

3.

Alzheimers/Dementia

10,752

9.10

435

0.23

4.

Lung Cancers

8,235

6.97

311

0.17

5.

Lung Disease

5,886

4.98

1,930

1.03

6.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

4,566

3.87

447

0.24

7.

Diabetes Mellitus

4,264

3.61

4,832

2.58

8.

Prostate Cancer

3,676

3.11

680

0.36

9.

Breast Cancer

3,267

2.77

1,013

0.54

10.

Kidney Disease

2,776

2.35

2,469

1.32

11.

Suicide

2,679

2.27

577

0.31

12.

Lymphomas

2,595

2.20

558

0.30

13.

Pancreas Cancer

2,470

2.09

184

0.10

14.

Skin Cancers

2,326

1.97

159

0.08

15.

Influenza and Pneumonia

2,213

1.87

22,387

11.96

16.

Endocrine Disorders

2,165

1.83

3,127

1.67

17.

Falls

1,969

1.67

2,626

1.40

18.

Hypertension

1,892

1.60

2,539

1.36

19.

Leukemia

1,878

1.59

185

0.10

20.

Other Injuries

1,730

1.46

3,068

1.64

21.

Liver Cancer

1,504

1.27

1,855

0.99

22.

Road Traffic Accidents

1,394

1.18

5,540

2.96

23.

Parkinson's Disease

1,391

1.18

356

0.19

24.

Oesophagus Cancer

1,380

1.17

72

0.04

25.

Inflammatory/Heart

1,359

1.15

1,833

0.98

26.

Stomach Cancer

1,222

1.03

433

0.23

27.

Bladder Cancer

1,199

1.02

183

0.10

28.

Liver Disease

1,105

0.94

5,477

2.92

29.

Other Neoplasms

1,006

0.85

351

0.19

30.

Ovary Cancer

937

0.79

272

0.15

31.

Oral Cancer

845

0.72

333

0.18

32.

Drug Use

816

0.69

192

0.10

33.

Congenital Anomalies

705

0.60

4,130

2.21

34.

Skin Disease

449

0.38

549

0.29

35.

Alcohol

405

0.34

19

0.01

36.

Asthma

397

0.34

1,169

0.62

37.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

379

0.32

779

0.42

38.

Uterin Cancer

357

0.30

85

0.05

39.

Low Birth Weight

331

0.28

7,876

4.21

40.

Cervical Cancer

329

0.28

1,549

0.83

41.

Epilepsy

305

0.26

2,651

1.42

42.

Poisonings

298

0.25

549

0.29

43.

Violence

278

0.24

1,456

0.78

44.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

277

0.23

1,350

0.72

45.

Drownings

216

0.18

1,248

0.67

46.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

197

0.17

321

0.17

47.

Birth Trauma

174

0.15

7,261

3.88

48.

Multiple Sclerosis

154

0.13

37

0.02

49.

Fires

126

0.11

1,333

0.71

50.

Diarrhoeal diseases

122

0.10

7,589

4.05

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

GHANA

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Lung Cancers

22.62

46

2.27

143

2.

Prostate Cancer

20.14

60

15.84

94

3.

Breast Cancer

18.33

67

12.01

121

4.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

12.45

52

3.54

147

5.

Lymphomas

6.96

31

3.76

112

6.

Pancreas Cancer

6.77

46

1.32

135

7.

Skin Cancers

6.52

2

1.21

118

8.

Ovary Cancer

5.18

62

3.33

123

9.

Leukemia

5.09

29

1.05

161

10.

Liver Cancer

4.35

108

12.61

23

11.

Oesophagus Cancer

3.85

57

0.48

168

12.

Stomach Cancer

3.41

133

2.91

143

13.

Bladder Cancer

3.04

57

1.54

108

14.

Oral Cancer

2.46

102

2.50

98

15.

Cervical Cancer

1.99

154

20.71

27

16.

Uterin Cancer

1.85

93

1.19

128

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.

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